The Carter House Girls

I bought this series of books because, as regular blog readers know, I love Melody Carlson. This is another one of her great teen series. The premise is that Mrs. Carter, a retired fashion model, has six teen girls, one of them her grandaughter, live in her house and she prepares them for a life of modeling. The books deal with the girls getting to know each other, dating, school, sports, and the many, many other things in a teenagers' life. At the beginning of the series, only one girl is a Christian, but by the end of the sixth book, three of the six have turned their lives over to the Lord. Throughout the books, the girls are dealing with typical teenage problems such as alcoholism, anorexia, drugs, and so on. These books are far from preachy, which I like, but do make it clear that all of these things can be dealt with easier if they lean on God. I have read six of these books, and I am not sure how many more of them there are, but I am anxious to read the whole series and have them in the library. I believe that the girls will enjoy this series just like they have enjoyed Carlson's True Colors series.